Our Team: Current Members and Alumni

Current Students, Postdocs, and Visitors

I am proud to work with a dynamic group of current students, postdoctoral researchers, and visiting scholars who contribute to our research in retail operations, last-mile delivery, and food systems. Their diverse backgrounds and interests drive innovation across empirical, analytical, and behavioral projects.

  • Peng Liu (Visiting Scholar, Hunan University of Technology)
  • Seyeon Park (Ph.D. Student @ MSU)

*** I am actively looking for visiting post-docs and scholars to work with me across causal inference, structural estimation, optimization, and advanced machine learning with applications in retail, logistics, and food supply chains. Please contact me if you are interested and highly motivated individual. ***

Alumni and Former Affiliates

My past students, postdocs, and visiting researchers have gone on to impactful roles in academia, industry, and government. I am grateful for their contributions and proud to celebrate their continued success as part of our extended research community.

  • Jiachen Wei (Scientist @ Didi Global Inc., previously Postdoc. Scholar [2024-26] and National U. of Singapore Ph.D.)
  • Sophie Xu (Supply Chain Planner @ Microsoft, previously Professorial Assistant [2024-26])
  • Andrew Cole (Undergraduate Student @ MSU, previously Professorial Assistant [2025-26])
  • Kamaria Green (Undergraduate Student @ MSU, previously Professorial Assistant [2025-26])
  • Partha Sarathi Mishra (Asst. Prof. @ The U. Texas at El Paso, previously Postdoc. Scholar [2025] and Northwestern U. Ph.D.)
  • Goutham Takasi (Asst. Prof. @ U. Alabama, previously Postdoc. Scholar [2024] and The U. Texas at Dallas Ph.D.)
  • Bengü Özdemir (Asst. Prof. @ U. Wisconsin-Whitewater, previously Visiting Scholar [2023] and IE Business School Ph.D.)
  • Ruolei Liu (Ph.D. Candidate @ Tianjin U., previously Visiting Scholar [2023–2024])
  • Chaehwan Lim (Ph.D. Student @ MSU, previously First-Year Research Assistant [2023-2024])